He corresponded with Gabriel Cramer on mechanics, geometry, probability, number theory and the differential and integral calculus. However, he was more interested in mathematics than he was in the law and at the age of 20 Buffon (he was now calling himself Georges-Louis Leclerc De Buffon ) discovered the binomial theorem. The one subject that he did show a talent for was mathematics but he followed his father's wishes and began to study law in 1723. It did not look that Georges would become a star in legal circles for his school performance was not above average. Three of his younger brothers went on to join the Church but Georges' father wanted his eldest son to study law. The intellectual life of that provincial capital was active but not oriented towards science at that particular time.Īt this time Georges entered the Jesuit College of Godrans in Dijon and he was educated there until 1723. Jacques Roger writes that in Dijon the Leclerc family :. The name Buffon was that of an estate that his mother Anne inherited at this time.Īfter his mother inherited the fortune in 1717 the family moved into a fine house in Dijon and Benjamin Leclerc became a counsellor in the Burgundian parliament. ![]() When Georges was ten years old his mother inherited a large sum of money which allowed Benjamin Leclerc to become lord of Buffon and Montbard. He was born into a wealthy family and his mother, who was a well educated person from whom he said he inherited his intelligence, was related to a wealthy banker. Georges-louis Leclerc, as was his name until 1725, was the eldest of his parents five children. Biography Georges Buffon's mother was Anne-Cristine Marlin and his father was Benjamin-François Leclerc.
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